1st Match - England v South Africa at The Oval

[Andy1993]

Take a bow Ben Stokes! One of the best catches you are ever likely to see!

 

[harsh.ag]

Hell yeah. Love this side

 

[King Pietersen]

ICC promoting the POTD site, yet when you go to the URL they suggest it takes you to last years' Womens T20 WC site. Brilliant.

 

[PikeyB]

Was that 'the Claw' ? Stokes has a messed up finger and has caught crazy catches before with it .

 

[tooextracool]

I look at Miller's tournament record and his fielding personally. When he gets going no one like him in our batting can make a team pay exponentially.

Right now Markram and Duminy are really hanging on by threads.

I'm honestly surprised every time I see Duminy's name on a team sheet, very much like when I see Suresh Raina's. By all accounts a swell guy who was earmarked for big things but you could count the number of match defining contributions he has made on one hand. On the other hand, I've always felt that Miller has been given a raw deal consistently from SA and his IPL team.

 

[Andy1993]

If Markram is there to also bowl spin surely JP isnt needed and Miller slots straight in..?

 

[harsh.ag]

If Markram is there to also bowl spin surely JP isnt needed and Miller slots straight in..?

Haha, this is on point, especially since it's the sixth bowler we're talking about.

 

[SeamUp]

I'm honestly surprised every time I see Duminy's name on a team sheet, very much like when I see Suresh Raina's. By all accounts a swell guy who was earmarked for big things but you could count the number of match defining contributions he has made on one hand. On the other hand, I've always felt that Miller has been given a raw deal consistently from SA and his IPL team.

Saw this the other day.

Here's a question.
Are we too harsh on David Miller?
In the history of ODI cricket, only 8 batsmen to have played a 100 matches have a SR of 100+. Of those 8, only AB and Jos Butler have a better average.

 

[Howe_zat]

You'd struggle to come up with any other players with 120+ ODIs sat on the sidelines too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I will not tolerate Suresh Raina (the odi batsman) slander

 

[cnerd123]

England's bowling has come together really nicely with Jofra in the mix now. Sublime fielding side, and a batting lineup that can post 300+ on an off day against really good bowling. Great team

SA really could have batted a lot better.

 

[wpdavid]

uh didn't really think Archer would have such a big impact

Me too; and this is supposed to be a slowish pitch isn't it? Whilst I totally take Howe's point about 300+ always being more than competitive, it looked far better when we're unable to unleash Archer instead of David Willey. Our two most recent series against Pakistan and WI showed how vulnerable our attack could be.

 

[King Pietersen]

Huge wicket, but strange shot. Amla gone, pretty much game over now.

 

[SeamUp]

So timid. Bouncer worked a treat for England. For us , we went to the boundary most time.

 

[tooextracool]

Should be great on our highveld pitches at the end of the year too. Probably doubts whether Anderson will carry on post Ashes. Come at a great time.

Absolutely, we're probably looking at Archer and the two Currans as the future of England test match bowling over the next decade if things work out.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I can't wait to say England only won the world cup because they poached archer.

In all seriousness though, he looks a genuinely awesome short format bowler.

 

[Howe_zat]

Amla's 'second' innings was 8(15). Not convinced he was fit

 

[Andy1993]

8 down nearly all over

 

[smash84]

the only way this England team will lose is to have an off day in the knockouts, come up on a slow pitch like champions trophy or something like that

 

[tooextracool]

Saw this the other day.

Here's a question.
Are we too harsh on David Miller?
In the history of ODI cricket, only 8 batsmen to have played a 100 matches have a SR of 100+. Of those 8, only AB and Jos Butler have a better average.

He also bats better at 5 than 6 where SAF have typically used him with time to bat himself in.